"If you see deficiencies in others, your duty is to forgive instead of pointing at it."

“...the people at large absolutely gave James Brown respect. He was an original like a Rembrandt or a Picasso”

“Oppressed groups are frequently placed in the situation of being listened to only if we frame our ideas in the language that is familiar to and comfortable for a dominant group. This requirement often changes the meaning of our ideas and works to elevate the ideas of dominant groups.”

Source : Patricia Hill Collins (2002). “Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment”, p.7, Routledge

“One of the big mistakes Republicans made with the Contract with America is that they tried to do too much too fast, and people revolted against it.”

“The more you pray, the less you'll panic. The more you worship, the less you worry. You'll feel more patient and less pressured.”

“If you cut yourself, if you hate yourself, if you eat, if you don’t eat. If your parents split up, if your parents hit you, if your mom tells you you’re a piece of trash. If you got in a car crash and half your face is gone - wake up in the morning and give yourself a shot. Do it. Not for music, not for any reason other than the fact that you are alive and you were given the grace to wake up another day. So do it, man. Just freaking get out there and try.”

“One thing I learned from drinking is that if you ever go Christmas caroling, you should go with a group of people. And also go in mid-December.”

“I'm in this band to give volume to various struggles throughout the world. To me, the tension in this band is a minimal sacrifice.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“Towards sunset we had cleared down to the level of the 12th step, which was sufficient to expose a large part of the upper portion of a plastered and sealed doorway.”